Viruses may exist ‘elsewhere in the universe’, warns scientist0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 9, 2021
Prof Paul Davies suggests viruses may form vital part of ecosystems on other planets
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This premature supernova was triggered by a dead star0
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- September 8, 2021
When a dead star plunges into an active star, expect an explosion of astronomical proportions that isn’t supposed to happen yet.Astronomers were able to work out this stellar puzzle after tracing an unusual burst of bright radio waves in 2017.
Perseverance Cores Its First Martian Rock, NASA Says0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 8, 2021
The initial images captured by the Mastcam-Z instrument onboard NASA’s Perseverance rover show an intact Mars sample present in a sample tube after coring.
New ideas on what makes a planet habitable could reshape the search for life0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 8, 2021
Some planets in the habitable zone are not good for life, but others outside it might be
Spacewatch: James Webb telescope finally ready for launch0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 7, 2021
Successor to Hubble has been hit by delays and a ballooning budget since work began on it in 1996
Mysterious object called ‘The Accident’ has been careening through the Milky Way for 10 billion years0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 7, 2021
It’s not quite a star, and it’s not quite a planet — but it’s soaring through the Milky Way, much closer than we thought.
50 years ago, astronomers were chipping away at Pluto’s mass0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 2, 2021
Excerpt from the August 28, 1971 issue of Science News
A ‘Solar Tsunami’ Could Knock Out Global Internet. Here’s What That Means0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- September 2, 2021
The internet outage could cost $7.2 billion per day!
How radio astronomy put new eyes on the cosmos0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 1, 2021
Radio telescopes have uncovered quasars and pulsars, and offered up the first pic of a black hole
Martian cave entrances may offer a life-friendly radiation shield0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 1, 2021
Most of Mars is extremely inhospitable to life, but there may be a workaround. The areas near the entrances to caves should, in theory, be shielded from some of the harmful radiation that bombards the planet’s surface.
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